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Posted by JUan on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 8:19pm.

A freight elevator has a mass of 240 kg. Find the tension in the cables (to the nearest whole number) when it ascends with an acceleration of 4 m/s2.

Physics - bobpursley, Monday, November 9, 2009 at 8:21pm
tension= m(g+a)

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